This document discusses modernizing the curriculum for teaching writing at Rutherford Primary School. It advocates for student-centered learning and assessment for learning principles. Key points include: - Encouraging collaboration, risk-taking, and integrating different approaches like peer assessment and e-learning. - Using assessment tools like e-asTTle to identify 64 students below writing standards to provide targeted support. - Brainstorming solutions like cross-school collaboration, research partnerships, and reconfiguring learning spaces to meet all students' needs. - The document argues that changing external factors like national standards and research on best practices require wholesale changes to practices with a focus on student achievement and well-being.